Sandblasting rim..

[Carter]

I have never seen entire rims plated, just the lock rings but that isn't to say they never were plated rims only that I have never seen any.

[Lifer]

A question regarding Budd wheels;

I'm in the process of stripping paint from the wheels of my 52 M-37 and it appears that they were originally "plated" before being painted. It looks like cad plating. Did they do that on all there wheels? Just curious.

No. For one thing, cadmium plating was unheard of when our trucks were new. Budd wheels were primed and painted at the factory with enamel paint. Stock colors were OD green of one shade or another for Army and Marine Corps, gray for Navy, and blue for Air Force vehicles. Budd's standard color for civvy wheels was black.

[cuz]

Easy there Lifer!

After the industrial scale production of cadmium started in the 1930s and 1940s the major application was the coating of steel and copper alloys to prevent corrosion. In 1944 62% and in 1956 59% of the cadmium in the United States was used for this purpose.[7] The second application was red and yellow pigments based on sulfides and selenides of cadmium. In 1956 24% of the cadmium used within the United States was used for this purpose.[7] The stabilizing effect of cadmium containing chemicals on plastics led to a increased use of those compounds in the 1970s and 1980s. The use of Cadmium in all applications mentioned above declined drastically due to environmental and health regulations from 1980 on. In 2006 only 7% of the cadmium is used for plating and coating and only 10% is used for pigments. The decrease in the consumption in other applications was made up by a growing demand of cadmium in nickel-cadmium batteries, which accounted for 81% of the cadmium consumption in the United States in 2006. The overall consumption of cadmium has decreased by more than 10 times from the 1970s till 2009.[8]

Both cadmium and zinc were used from the 30's on for plating steel as corrosion preventative measure. I don't recall the wheels getting plated but it wasn't because the process wasn't here in 1950!

[Lifer]

Stuck my foot right in it, didn't I? Guess I should have verified that part of it before clicking the "submit" button.

[cuz]

I would say "No Sweat" we all make mistakes occasionally or overlook something but I just learned we have one member on this web site that never does!

[Lifer]

Oh...he's okay. He does post a lot of good info, and his experience is invaluable to the "developing" mechanic. Like you, I've been bending wrenches for better than 50 years, but I have learned a couple of things from him over the years, "Re-learned" a few I had forgotten, too. We do disagree sometimes, though. To me, these differences of opinion are just that..."differences." Nothing to get worked up over. Occasionally, he proves me wrong and "puts me in my place," at which time I aplogize to the forum for offering bum advice. Believe it or not, he does, too.